Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you've ever wanted to walk away, or skate away from it all, and live a different way, or chase your dreams no-matter-what, then do we have the freedom seeking Say Yes, show for you! Today I'll be talking with Dave Cornthwaite, professional adventurer, freedom seeker, and author of 3 books including Life is the Slow Lane, a patient quest for adventure. And that's what we'll talk about today, about saying yes to life, taking adventures, and looking at the world, a completely different, more empowered way. That plus we'll talk about skateboarding Australia, Priscilla the bike car, Fred the Frog, world record egg-crushing, the power of nutella, how we all won as sperm, and why breaking your foot, might just be the greatest gift in the world. Self-Help and Self-Improvement Motivational, Life and Career Topics Include: How he got very depressed What happened on his 25th birthday What was life like in the 6 months after his 25th birthday How he ended up skateboarding the length of the UK How he ended up setting a world-distance skating record on his first big adventure How it took him 2 ½ years before his next adventure How he kayaked 1500 miles for his next adventure How he got depressed after each adventure, and wanted to figure out how to prevent depression after an event What is Expedition 1000 How to shift your life What in the world is road magic Why every stranger is just a friend waiting to happen Why you need to promise to yourself with everything that you do What's the importance of telling people what you'll do with genuine excitement and meaning What's the power of solitude and being out there by yourself What's the importance of saying yes? What's a Yes List? What's it mean to Say Yes More #SayYesMore How he did 1000 mile swim along the Missouri when he'd only swam 100 meters at a time before Why you never want to listen to advice unless you asked for it What was the conversation he had with his kitty cat? What happened on journey 12 around the Dead Sea? Who's Emma and how'd she meet them What's the Yes tribe? What's the Yes bus? What's the Yes boat? What's important about Uganda and the River Nile davecornthwaite.com has all the stories over the last 10 year, also www.sayyesmore.com to find out about the Yes tribe and the Yestival October festival, also look for The Yes Tribe on google. What's Exploring Mindset? Sept 25- to October 2nd along the Mississippi river Why it's important to take adventures with your kids Check Out Do Try This At Home on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meekroadventures Dave Cornthwaite Shares Life Lessons from Skating, Sailing, Kayaking, Running, Hiking & Swimming! Adventure | Inspiration | Motivation | Career | Self-Improvement | Spiritual | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Health | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationshow.com

If you've ever felt awkward, out of place, hiding your true self, or afraid to share who you truly are, then do we have the out of the closet show for you! Today I'll be talking with Jeffrey Marsh, online sensation, Vine Star, and author of a fabulous…(huh, huh) new book on being yourself, called How To Be You. And that's just what we'll talk about today, about how to stop trying to Be Someone Else, and Start Living Your Own Fabulous Life. That plus we'll talk about the great peanut-butter debate, bringing vegas to the barnyard, WWWD – what would wonder-woman do, what we can all learn from the velveteen rabit, why you want to lipsync Julie andrews when your head is upside down (and you're wearing a hat on your chin), and why you're lucky if a bathroom fire doesn't reach the house! Self-Improvement and Self Help Topics Include: Why you're lucky if you can't hide your authentic selves Why it's so important to be yourself. Why it's so important to come out as your true self How he came out for the first time with his mom when he was 11 What happened when Jeffrey shaved his legs for the first time What the power is of the book "There is Nothing Wrong With You" by Sherry Huber Sherry is from a monastery in California Why Jeffrey wrote this book to touch hearts How Jeffrey studies Zen Buddhism What spiritual lessons has Jeffrey learned from Zen Buddhism What has Jeffrey learned from his spirituality What's the importance of self-acceptance? How did Jeffrey Marsh become a LGBT Gay / Queer / Gender Neutral Vine star? Why if something scary you have to face the fear What are zen circle paintings and what do they have to do with the book "How to Be You" How we can help prevent tragedies in the world Why it's so important to learn how to be secure in who you are How to gain confidence WWWD – What Would Wonder Woman Do? What would Linda Carter do??? Why is Wonder Woman a hero of Jeffrey Marsh? How important is it to put kind, gentle, easy, and good first Why you can't do self-improvement through judgement and self-hate Why it's so important to 'fight with kindness' What's a daily joy list? How he went on a conservative show as LGBT / LGBTQ What compassion has to do with anything jeffreymarsh.com and google vine beard eyeshadow Why there's an appendix in the book on treating young people with respect What's the best way to help kids today What's the Jeffrey Marsh app? Jeffrey Marsh, Famous Vine Star Shares How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self & Truly Be You! + Guided Meditation | Spirituality | Spiritual | Zen Buddhist | Buddhism | Inspiration | Inspirational | Motivation | Self-Improvement | Self-Improve | Inspire | LGBT | Gay | Lesbian | Bi | Queer For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted more prosperity and abundance in your life, but no matter how hard you try, it's not coming about, then do we have the abundance making show for you! Today I'll be speaking with repeat guest, doctor and master Sha, a world-renowned master healing and spiritual teacher, and a grandmaster of many ancient disciplines including tai chi, qigong, kung fu, feng shui, and the I chin. He's the author of countless best-sellers, and has co-authored with Adam Markel a radically different book on prosperity I'm extremely excited to about, Soul Over Matter, which is now a chart-topper on Amazon. Today we're going to talk about the ancient wisdom and modern techniques that get at the heart of scarcity and abundance. What these terms mean, why we struggle and how we can turn things around to manifest the abundance we desire. That plus we'll talk about scarcity statements, a virtue bank account, the power of karma, failure phobia, the importance of service, and what in the world are heart, mind, and soul blockages? Wealth & Abundance Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: How Master Sha grew up with a simple, not wealthy life Why is someone wealthy vs. why does someone struggle? What our karma and our past-lives have to do with our current financial situation What's a virtue bank account How do we keep out of a place of self-blame and self-judgment when it comes to a lack of abundance or making 'mistakes' What's the importance of forgiveness A short forgiveness guided meditation What is a scarcity consciousness? What do you move past blockages (clear negative karma) How do we move past fear? What's a body power, soul power, mind power, and sound power technique What's it mean to open your spiritual eye (pineal gland) What is spiritual soul marketing What can you ask God, spirituality, the divine or Universe for in prayer? What does compassion have to do with abundance? When is a weekly worldwide chant and meditation for love, peace and harmony Why service is the most important element in becoming wealthy How do we serve more? How do we give our love to humanity? Dr Master Sha Shares How to Have Unlimited Abundance & Wealth Thru Kindness, Compassion & Guided Meditation! Inspirational | Motivational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspiration | Motivation | Self-Improvement | Health | Chanting | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever struggled with food, what to eat, when to eat, or how to keep from eating too much then do we have the mindful eating show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dr. Ruth Wolever, Director of Vanderbilt Health Coaching, Founding Research Director for Duke Integrative Medicine, and the Chief Scientific Officer for eMindful. She's a nationally recognized expert on Health and Wellness Coaching, and one of the elected leaders of the National Consortium for Credentialing Health and Wellness Coaches and the co-author of a fantastic book on changing your eating habits, The Mindful Diet. Today we'll talk about just that, about transforming your relationship with food, for lasting weight loss, vibrant health, and better control over what you eat and when. That plus we'll talk about stealth calories, calorie bombs, the goldlocks principle, why you want to graze like a cow, and why you don't want barbeque flavored cardboard, and what in the world is a whoppie pie moment? Self-Help and Self-Improvement Mindfulness Weight Loss Topics Include What does chocolate chip cookie dough have to do with anything. Why comfort foods are meant to keep calling, no matter how healthy you are What is mindless, not mindful, automatic eating Why what we see is what we eat What's the endless bowl of soup? Tell us about the Wheel of Health Why stress leads to belly fat What stress has to do with diet and eating How mindfulness can help with eating and nutrition How Jon Kabat-Zinn describes and defines mindfulness What's the science behind mindfulness Why dieting is stacked against someone and not sustainable How to use mindfulness to learn more about yourself How breathing can help with mindfulness How do we flex our kindness muscle? What's the goldilocks principle What are the biggest mistakes around when we eat Why it's so important to slow down when I eat What are the four pillars of healthy eating How do we eat for blood sugar balance What's it mean to eat a plant based diet? Why it's so important to eat whole foods What's a calorie bomb? How frequently should you eat? What are hidden calories What's a whoopee pie moment? What's the benefit of an attitude of gratitude Why it's not important to join the clean plate club Key eating tips for kids emindful.com (chief scientific officer), Left Duke, now at Vanderbilt Ruth Wolever, PhD Shares How The Mindful Diet Helps You Lose Weight & Keep it Off! Fitness | Health | Mindfulness | Guided Meditation | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wondered what the lives of underwater brethren, the fish are like, then do we have the holy mackerel show for you. Today we'll be talking with Jonathan Balcombe, director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of four books, including Second Nature, Pleasurable Kingdom, and What a Fish Knows, a fascinating book I found incredibly hard to put down. Today we'll be talking about the inner lives of our underwater cousins, what a fish knows, thinks, feels, and what's life really like, a few feet, to many fathoms below the sea. That plus we'll talk about why Nemo's dad Marlin, may have really been Marlette, fish and optical illusions, mucus and jolts, carp and Mozart, democracy and robo-fish, ebay rankings for cleaner fish, the super-dad of the sea world, the animal Einstein Olympics, what Yao Ming, Jackie Chan and David Beckham have in common, and why male bulldogs may just want to shorten their EOD's! Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: What happened to Jonathan Balcombe at 8 years old What was the goldfish incident Why we've missed the boat on fishes How there are fish that can literally fly Why there have been fish over 200 million years ago that had umbilical cords David Attenborough announcer had the fish named him What is the menhaden? What we can learn about flounder and other flat fish? What happens to flounder in puberty What can swordfish do with their eyes What's the Abyss and how much life is there? What can sharks do with their eyes to see in the dark Walking sharks? Rose lipped bat fish? What can we learn from fish and optical illusions? How can fish hear? What kind of music do Koi like? Why fish grow faster with music, particularly Mozart What is scary stuff from fish? What's a fish's sense of taste like? How fish navigate via the sun, and magnetism What are cleaner fishes? What can we learn about cooperation from groupers and moray eels. What is a robofish? What can we learn from Lauri Cook about Beta-Fish and what's the beta-fish myth? (aka Siamese Fighting Fish) How do fish use tools? Can Tiger Fish catch birds? Who is Christina Zenato and what does she do with sharks? What can we learn about changing sex and Nemo How a puffer fish create mandalas Why is the seahorse the super-dad? What Carl Safina author of Beyond Words found with trawlers and Green Peace in the Arctic What do trawlers do? What happens when fishing shrimp aka shrimping What is by-catch Why is shrimping so harmful to the environment Why is eating tuna like eating tigers? What does Yao Min, Jackie Chan and David Beckham have to do with shark fins? What a Fish Knows is now a New York Times best-seller, visit jonathanbalcombe.com and www.jonathan-balcombe.com – come join his newsletter! Jonathan Balcome, PhD shares the incredible lives & scientifically proven intelligence of fish & what it means for us! Environment | Ecology | Vegan | Vegetarian | Inspirational | Motivational | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever felt stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed, then do we have the calm inducing show for you. Today we'll be talking about all things calm, how to relax, feel better, keep from getting overwhelmed, and stay out of that fight or flight state, that turns our brains to mud. That plus we'll talk about the power of water, the shock of shipping, calendar mavens, kitty exercise, the beauty of hammocks, what in the world is Bear Time, exotic deserts, and cat-o-nine-tails and Kermit, the frog that is. Calm Inducing Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: Why overwhelm can require an A game of self-care What consciousness has to do with overwhelm What stress and fear of the unknown has to do with calmness What it means for energy to get stuck What it means to be meditating and noticing in your meditation you're not meditating What we can learn from Clark Elliott, author of The Ghost in My Brain Why we want to challenge ourselves by looking at the world in different ways How to turn things into a 'test' to strengthen the wiring mechanisms of our brain What is mental masturbation? What we can do to reduce information overload What I learned from Meir Schneider about relaxing his eyes How we can use our eyes to help calm us down How water can be incredibly calming How meditation can help with calming and reducing stress How bears can help with your fitness when you're out running What lucid dreaming and dream yoga can do for your relaxation How organizing our calendars can help us get our stress levels down How to enforce yourself to relax What's the power of date time What's the power of snuggle time CJ Liu & Michael Sandler Share How to Calm Down Fast From Overwhelm, Stress & Work! Inspirational | Motivational | Fitness | Health | Career | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspiration | Motivation | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted greater happiness, peace, or better relationships in your life, then do we have the compassionate show for you! Today we'll be talking about compassion, what it is, how to cultivate it, why in the world you want more of it, and why it's so powerful for ourselves. That plus we'll talk about car horn compassion, kitty compassion, family compassion customer service compassion, and even compassion at your department of motor vehicles. Compassionate Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: What is Kitty Compassion Why have a show on compassion? Who is AI researcher Clark Elliot, author of The Ghost in My Brain Why there are so many more people with head injuries than we can imagine Why people who are struggling in line, or look strange, may actually have a head-injury Why it's important to have compassion with people acting oddly What happens when we get to a place of overwhelm, and why we want to treat everyone in overwhelm with compassion Why you want to have compassion for someone, even, if not especially during a fight Why compassion is important How does one have the energy to be compassionate toward someone else, especially a complete stranger How compassion can be contagious and the instant karma you get from being compassionate What's a bank account of compassion What's the importance of presence? What's the importance of sending someone love? What Ajahn Brahm has to say about self-gratitude What we can do to shift and be more empathetic toward others What is syncing and how can we use it to help ourselves and others What self-compassion really looks like What's the importance of the I Love Myself exercise, and do it right before going to sleep Where kindness and compassion comes into play for learning What kindness and compassion has to do with grit. Jessica Lee Shares How Compassion Helps Make Life Easier, More Enjoyable & Improves Relationships! Karma | Happiness | Spiritual | Spirituality | Career || Meditation | Inspiration | Motivation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever had a head injury, concussion, learning disability such as ADHD, or no someone who does, then do we have the concussive show for you. Today I'll be talking with Clark Elliott, PhD, brilliant artificial intelligence researcher and professor, and the author of an incredibly powerful book, and perhaps one of my most important reads of the last year, maybe of ever…The Ghost in My Brain, How a concussion stole my life, and how the new science of brain plasticity helped me get it back. And that's just what we'll talk about today, about head injuries and what that really means, and how we can get our lives back, or our minds back, after we've suffered one…even many years or misdiagnosis later. That plus we'll talk about the dangers of follow mode, the importance of knowing you don't have a dog, why a toddler's first words may have been do it myself, do it myself, Clark is the man who never gives up, ever, ever, ever, ever, the danger of scanner beeps, and when you should never ever ride a roller coaster Self-Help and Self-Improvement Brain Health Topics Include How running has helped his healing. What were things looking like prior to September 1999 How he taught Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Sciences at DePaul University in Chicago What was the accident that injured his brain Why he had such difficulty getting a proper diagnosis What happens when his brain fatigues. What are the three main batteries for the brain Why he put his head injury notes of brain thoughts into the book. How Clark Elliott had become spiritual, and what happened once he had a head injury What does The Ghost in My Brain mean, and who or what was the ghost? A big shout out to Donna Lee and Deborah Zelinsky for Clark Elliot's healing Where did self-love fall into the equation How did Clark Elliott keep from being depressed? How he managed to accept things, and let go, just as it was What was Clark Elliott's secret weapon? What happened on a surprise trip to a Thai monastery? How Donalee Markus understood him and knew what to do to help Clark Elliott How Donalee helped retrain Clark Elliott's brain. What a brain injury means or looks like What brain injuries and traumatic brain injuries have to do with balance issues What may learning disabilities have to do with learning disabilities such as ADHD Go see a neurodevelopmental optometrist, http://mindeyeconnection.com/ - Clarkelliott.com website go to Nora Why there are so many hidden concussions in school sports Clark Elliott, PhD, shares his journey from traumatic brain injury to perfect brain health! Concussion | Inspiration | Motivation | Inspirational | Motivational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Fitness | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted less stress, greater happiness, and MORE success in your life, no matter what that looks like, then do we have the happiness producing show for you. Today we'll be talking with Dr. Emma Sepalla, Associate Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education Center at Stanford University, founder of Fulfillment Daily, a TEDx talk speaker who's work has been featured in the Documentary Free The Mind and the author of a fascinating new look at the science of Happiness, The Happiness Track. And that's just what we'll be talking about today, how to apply the science of happiness, to accelerate your success! That plus we'll talk about the danger of strengths, morning morality, the Stanford Duck syndrome, successaholics, the power of a hug, why we might want to stop paying attention, and start daydreaming, and why taking a take a 2 day silent retreat before surgery, just may be the greatest gift in the world. Self-Improvement and Self-Help Happiness Topics Include: How did she teach returning veterans yoga breathing techniques (to help with injuries, anxiety and PTSD) What happened to veterans who did a one week breathing program What are the incredible benefits of the breath What she learned while interning for an international newspaper in Paris What's the Myth of Success and why'd she write The Happiness Track What are the 6 myths with success? What was it like first attending Stanford? Who was Antonio Horta Osorio and what happened with him? What's an amazing benefit of showering? Why we want to take time off from work Why psychic yourself up by stressing yourself out is not the answer What's the importance of self-compassion What's wrong with checking our inbox? Why we want to 'Eat Your Frog' (Brian Tracy) Why you don't want your email to invade your life What's the hangover effect Why mindfulness is so important but we are never happier than being in the present moment Why the answer may not be willpower or grit What does calmness have to do with energy management? Where does play fit into things? Why life shouldn't be so serious? What we can learn from Dwight D. Eisenhower about play. Why it's so important to completely disconnect when you're at home. What we can learn from Salvador Dali What we can learn from Pico Iyer and the Art of Silence When stress is good Why mindfulness may not be the best, but how meditation from the Art of Living may help. What we can learn from Jack Ma and Alibaba What's the danger of self-focus? What we can learn from congressman Tim Ryan emmaseppala.com and have infrequent newsletter and facebook page and twitter on the science of happiness Emma Seppala PhD, Stanford on The Science of Happiness To Accelerate Your Success! + Guided Meditation | Mindfulness | Career | Inspiration | Motivation | Inspirational | Motivational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wondered if there's more to your dreams than meets the eye, and if you could wake up and explore your dream world to benefit your days, then do we have the lucid dreaming show for you. Today we'll be talking with Andrew Holecek, author of The Power and the Pain, Preparing to Die, Meditation in the iGeneration, and an incredible book I think will make a huge difference in our lives, Dream Yoga. And that's just what we'll be talking about today, how to wake up in your dreams and illuminate your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of sleep. That plus we'll talk about and what in the world is an onighronaut, learning to sleep sitting up and what you can learn when taking your dog to the dog park, why you might want to fly in your dreams, and put your hands through walls, and the spiritual benefit to giving yourself the finger? Self-Improvement and Self-Help Lucid Dreaming Topics Include: What happened with Andrew that changed his perspective on dreams, and life How large quantities of beer and skiing saved him How he drank and skied his way back from reality Why the Buddha is the 'awakened' one What Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism teaches about dream yoga What does Buddhism have to do with our dream world? What is lucid dreaming What is nocturnal yoga? How to train in your dreams How are our dreams truth-tellers? What are dreams can tell us? What Steven Labierge shows with nightmare theory What we can learn from our nightmares What you should do with your nightmares How to become lucid in our dreams to face, and reframe our dreams and unwanted dreams Where there's nothing to fear in our nightmares Why our nightmares and fears are really spiritual detox's How you can use the nighttime for your meditation practice What mindfulness has to do with Lucid Dreaming Why advanced meditators have more lucid dreams Why every dream is lucid for a Buddha Key ingredients for lucid dreaming and dream yoga What a sense of humor has to do with lucid dreaming and dream yoga What's prime-time dream time? How Salvador Dali was a 'bardo artist' and tapped into inspiration into this intermediate hypnogogic dream world. How we can nurture and cultivate our creativity through our dream world What's a state check? Why do we want to give ourselves the finger? What it means that 'life is but a dream' What we can learn from the Senoi in Malaysia and their relationship with their dreams AndrewHolecek.com or google Dream Yoga Brief guided meditation to un-wind or unwind…to settle the winds and settle the mind Andrew Holecek Shares How to do Lucid Dream, Tibetan Buddhist / Buddhism Dream Yoga, and to Wake in Your Dreams! + Guided Meditation! Inspiration | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Health | Fitness | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire